Module 9. The Middle Ages and the Tudors

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In this Module you will discuss:

1. The late Middle Ages (XIII-XV c.c.)
The Middle Ages.ppt

  • Dealing with the Celts: Conquest of Wales and War in Scotland

  • Hundred Years' War: Black Prince and the Battle of Cre'cy. Loss of French lands

  • Black Death - plague of 1337

  • Chaucer and his THE CANTERBURY TALES (1380)

  • Peasants' Wat Tyler Revolt (1381)

  • First translation of Bible into English (1382)

  • War with France. Joan of Arc. Battle of Agincourt (1415)

  • The War of the Roses

  • William Caxton's printed press (1477)

  • Richard III the last Plantagenet. The beginning of The Tudor dynasty


2. The Tudors (1485-1603):
THE TUDORS part 1.ppt
The Tudors part 2.ppt

  • The new monarchy. Henry VII

  • Henry VIII and his wives

  • Reformation. Closing of the monasteries

  • The Protestant-Catholic Struggle.

  • Lady Jane Grey and Bloody Mary

  • Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen

  • Social life under Elizabeth I. The Theatre: W.Shakespeare

  • Mary Queen of Scotts

  • Sea dogs of Elizabeth.

  • The Great Armada and the English victory

  • The death of the Queen


ASSIGNMENT
Read the information and watch the video about the period of the Late Middle Ages of England and about the rule of the Tudors. Use any sources from the recommended lists. Then choose and develop one of the following topics:
a) Henry VIII as a personality and a monarch. The peculiarities of his rule
b) Elizabeth I – the great daughter of the great father.
c) Mary Queen of Scots
Post your essays on Discussion Page

LEARNING MATERIALS
1. BBC - History: Middle Ages
2. Medieval England
3. Middle Ages History
4. Life in Medieval England
5. Medieval London
6. Medieval London video

ASSIGNMENT 2

LEARNING MATERIALS 2
1.Tudor History
2.The Tudors
3.Tudor Monarchs
4. Bloody Mary
5. Elizabeth I
6. Henry VIII - feature film part1
7. Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen
8. Mary Queen of Scotts